12inch x 18inch Poster Royal Theatre of Manchester (UK) poster for "Babes in the Wood." Based on an old English Ballad of 1595, it tells the story of two children, abandoned deep in the forest upon the orders of their Wicked Uncle. First presented on the stage in 1793 as ?The Children In The Wood?, an Opera performed at the Haymarket Theatre. It was created by Dr. Samuel Arnold. In this version the children survived, and were restored to their parents, but other versions stuck to the more gloomy conclusion of the original ballad. There is a border around the image. The image size is correct.